OOo 3 beta and Postnet integration

Spurred_On

I'm using OOo 3.0.0 beta, which I like a lot — except for addressing envelopes. I've read a bunch of posts about templates and macros to insert Postnet barcodes when creating envelopes in OOo 2, but I was hoping that for OOo 3 there would finally be a built in way to automatically generate Postnet barcodes. However, there seems to be no difference from OOo 2.x. Are there any plans for this feature to be included in OOo 3?

At present, I open WordPerfect to create envelopes with barcodes, which is not the way I want to use OOo. Is there a features forum for OOo3 to discuss this?

Tony

AndrewZ · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 7:18 pm Post subject:

"Envelope addressing does not print barcodes (postnet zip-codes)"
http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=5948

Notice the issue has no target milestone and only 18 votes. That means don't hold your breath, but you can add two votes there if you register for an account there.

Also, notice there is some kind of installable extension on that page.

Also, did you know Postnet will be obsolete next year?
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Spurred_On · Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 7:51 am Post subject:

Thanks for the link to issue 5948 AndrewZ. I've voted for it and appended my request to the bottom of that issue.

AndrewZ · Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 8:00 am Post subject:

In my opinion, comments on the Issue Tracker such as "Is anyone working on this" or "It has been X years" are somewhere between unnecessary and rude. I think no one intends to be rude, but it it can come across that way. The developers do the best they can with resources available to meet as many needs as possible. See the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_analysis for a general idea of how things get chosen
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Spurred_On · Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 11:08 am Post subject:

I wasn't trying to be rude AndrewZ, but I was trying to get across the idea that it isn't a trivial issue, rather one that needs attention. The fact that the issue has been unresolved in six years was not a dig at developers, but a comment on the unimportance that the issue has been deemed, which you yourself noted. My question, "Is anyone working on this" was meant in the sense of "Is this issue now considered of low importantance, or is anyone still working on it?"

Both MS Word and WordPerfect have had this feature for many years. OOo is a very viable alternative to these two programs. Businesses are now looking at Linux as a cost efficient alternative to Windows and OOo as a cost efficient alternative to MS Word. This missing feature is holding businesses back from embracing OOo. I'd like to see that change, and making this feature available could make that difference.

I meant my post as a rousing call to resolve this issue, not as a rant at developers. I apologize if you or others took offense.

Tony

AndrewZ · Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 1:04 pm Post subject: